Mumbai murmurs - Rickshaw wala

Its been some time since the Marathi song somewhat resembling my title, doing the rounds here in Mumbai (Waat majhi baghtoy riksha wala, ga waat maajhi...*duh..don't know what makes people like that!) but never did I know that am gonna see such a thing happening in front of my eyes and that too, in Mumbaiya style.

People struggle to reach station on time, seeing the empty rickshaws in front of their eyes going, denying the passenger for no apparent reason! After Meter Jam, there was a ripple of protest amongst the public and the sense of duty in the rickshaw wallas. But as it happens normally here in Mumbai, or say in India, people get back to routine after any sort and size of brouhaha and so did our Mumbaikars and the the rude-rickshaw wallas back to their attitude. But never dd I know that it was actually happening. Once a dear friend of mine said, "All men are bastards and all women are bitches" but never did I agree to it. But i didn't know that time, that i am gonna see this.

It happened so that I was waiting for a rickshaw to get in time to the station, the typical Mumbai-morning chaos. Was waiting at a junction. hoping to catch a rickshaw coming from any direction, and there she came!! After a wait of 5 minutes, i was delighted to see a rickshaw coming straight towards me. And as I was just getting ready to enter, Mr Rickshaw walla took another turn at the end time, leaving me scratching my head, wondering what made him do that?!! And within a minute, I got my answer.

A babe was walking towards the signal , towards the junction, but in other direction. And without even her call, Mr Bastard, like a little puppy, went back at the corner of the junction, waiting for her to enter as if it wasn't a rickshaw but his bed. My my.....what was that!!! My eyes were stunned as much as my mind was disgusted of this bastard-ly act.

Now raise a toast my dear rickshaw wallas, here's one more medal on your chest!!#@#@##@


[P.S.: Image is used for representational purpose only. *He's not the bastard I'm talking about!!*]

Padharo !!:)

Hi KK,

Welcome to my space, my blog. I am glad you liked it. Hope to keep up your interest. Keep coming and giving your valuable feed back.

Love and Peace,
Rahul

Padharo !!:)

Hi Ajay,

Welcome you to my blog. Thanks for being a part of it and am glad you like it!:) I hope to sustain your interest. Keep coming (and commenting!!:))

Love and Peace,
Rahul

Religion unites, but Religions Divide!!

P.S. ~[ Before some nerds start raising their fingers, here P.S. means pre-script, kyun bhai, post ne koi copyright le rakha hai kya?? and liya bhi hai to mera blog hai and mere thoughts, jo chahe likhoon!!:P;):D ]~ I know that i promised to be regular and write more than recent times, but there's always a lapse between resolutions and their execution, its not that easy after all!! he he, anyways, lets begin with the topic, which seems to be quite serious...shhhh... mazaak band, aur zara gaur karein....


From the recent happenings about the Ayodhya case, many thoughts cropped up in my mind and what caught my attention the most is a paradoxical thought about a religion and religions.

Waise to religions are meant to be a source of getting people together on the path to attain spiritual enlightenment and reach the supreme Lord, the so called divine father or the supreme being. But wonder have they ever met their true purpose??

Lets start from the time when there was no religion ~[duh!! before you guys start thinking of when your religion started, just to enter a race of "ours" being the oldest and richest religion,]~ or say at least when one religion wasn't aware of the others presence. ~[oho ab zyada dimaag na ladao, just imagine of such time's existence!! sochne mein kya hai!!]~ At that time, one came into the realization of the supreme power behind this entire creation and found ways to reach him. And enlightened others about the path and lead them the same way!! Now this is how a religion forms. The supreme being(God/Allah/Eeshwar/Rab), a person who shows a path(a spiritual leader, Jesus, Waheguru etc.) and the common man, the one, who has to see the moon(Supreme Soul) through the pointed finger(Spiritual leaders guidance).

The problem is that these people didn't realize before that the finger pointing the moon is not the only one. There are other fingers, showing the way from a different direction, which is true to their perspective, leading a separate path, but the common target. But instead of focusing on the target, they just started seeing and distinguishing the fingers and ultimately, there's no one who hit the birds eye!! And the one who does, shall be the true warrior, as Arjun!!

What if there's a leader at corner of all four directions, leading a group, pointing and moving towards a common target, say moon. Should they see the target and move towards it and unite with fellow travellers and make a marvellous journey together, towards the common goal or fight like people do to enter a 9:00 am Mumbai local??

If we see at a religion, it is nothing but a way to unite people to gather and understand the path to the realization of God, the one who's supreme. The superlative. And when its a superlative, it cannot be multiple. It can be just one. A mountain cannot have several tops and same shall apply here.

Its a bitter agony, that the travellers moving in same direction, towards same destination, but who started their journey from different sources are quarrelling on which source is greatest, whereas the reality is, that the greatest lies ahead of them and only if they all concentrate on destination, they shall know the reality. The journey shall all the way be peaceful and joyous and can be like a picnic going bus full of children awaiting with bated breath, of reaching their destination, no matter the way they started from!!

Never completed!!

As I make my return to the blog and try and revamp it, I also turned up to doing arts and stuff and be in touch with the other side of my Life. And before starting something new, I wanted to clean up old mess. As I start working on nurturing my mind and Soul, and put up my thoughts, I also wanted to clean up my space at home and reorganize my artworks.

And while cleaning up, I came across some artworks that were never completed by me, either due to the errors or may be because I didn't complete them at one go. Yup, I have this weird tendency of not completing the work if not done at one go. Though multiple sittings and more time and patience lead to finesse in works, I usually prefer completing them at one go. May be I just don't have that patience or may be I lose interest in them soon!!!

Whatever it is, just wanted to share, and to say goodbye to those and welcome a new dawn in my Life with new colors and shades and a new, strong mind, body and Soul.

Padharo !!:)

Hello Amit,

Heartily Welcome to my blog. I'm glad you liked it. By the way, you are my first friend here after I've returned here after long:). I hope to keep coming up with some interesting stuff and get comments and feed backs from you and others too, who may have lost track of Kalakriti due to my absence.

Take care. God Bless.
Peace,
Rahul

I'm back...FINALLY!!! phew.....

phmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm haaaaaaahhh.....(arre yaar chain ki saans to loon!! Am here after such a long time;):)). Before I start writing anything...I just wanna feel that I'm back...I haven't been into action here since when....but it feels grr8 to be back and I hope I be regular with my posts. The break wasn't a holiday for sure!!



Whatsoever, I am glad i made it back and I hope keep living it full time no matter what...coz we, are just humans and need to express...we aren't mechanical!! May be I forgot that things come and go, situations come and go. Bad times wont stay forever and neither will Good times. But shouldn't forget that whatever time it is, the time is to LIVE.

There was a time when I didn't have anything to write, there have been times when i had to but didn't have time to write or read here on blog-o-sphere. But today...I feel I have so much to write about!! And rahi time ki baat...well u just need to line up things in proper order its it. I think you always have the time!! You need to manage it properly. If you really wanna do it, you can make it.



Time has been at its pace since time eternal, its just that in the race of Life, in that zip zap zoom, we miss out the thing...we forget that Life is about "Walking" through that journey, to do it step by step. When we can enjoy each step to its fullest and just take its pleasure. I just wanna realize that its the joy of small things that makes our life so pretty, lovable. Its so lovely to find joy in this silly, small things. But that's how it is. And when we start looking at all such precious moments...we automatically slow down and admire and acknowledge the beauty of life and our movement becomes gracious on its own. The way it is supposed to be. And then we learn to look at life in a different way. The color of your spectacles change. And if you are able to sustain that, mind you, there is no damn thing that can stop you or hinder you in Life. Coz you are not running in Life, you are taking a walk, WITH Life!!:)